the first Holland game...

[Micoom]

Russians try to form a line of defence at Kharkov and in front of Moscow..

[Micoom]

Axis Spring 1942

[Micoom]

Things look very good for the Axis I think.. Turkey joined them, and Kiev and Kharkov are in German hands. Japan joined the War and the Axis have 37 VP's at the moment..

[John D.]

Looks like the game is tilted a bit toward the Axis. Vichy Madagascar should be in supply as you can trace supply through friendly Axis owned sea zones. I also noticed that British held Cairo was marked out of supply but I am not sure how that was done. Did you block off sea zones around Africa and India with Axis ships? 

Good luck! 

John

[Micoom]

Yes, only the Red Sea was in British hands, but the surrounding spacea all Axis. And on Land Sinai and Palastine also. The Sea zones arround South Africa are also in Axis hands.. So therefore Cairo was out of Supply and also the reason it fell..  After making the pic we noticed that Vichy Madagascar should be in Supply.

It all depends now on how Russia is going to hold on to there VP's. And how fast the US can put presure on the Germans, while not forgeting the Japanese..

[Mark]

To me, this game still looks winable by either side.

Brits probably should not have let the German navy be able to slip into the South Atlantic and probably should not have withdrawn the damaged Mediterannean fleet until they "swapped it out" with ships from the Atlantic, but live and learn. . .

The Russian front looks ok for the Russian's - a little threatened (but it should be in Spring 1942) Please note that the space behind Stalingrad (Astrakhan) is just as important strategically as Stalingrad itself - don't let your army get surrounded at Stalingrad either!

Build forts in Calcutta and get US and British ships committed to the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific and fight for everything.  The allies can replace their losses - the Axis can not!

Good luck! 

[Uncle Joe]

Have the Soviet's already played their Spring 1942 turn yet?

[Micoom]

No they had not. But now they have. Pics will follow..

[Uncle Joe]

OK - if they have already played their turn, then it's OK for me to observe the huge opportunity the Russians had to strike South out of Smolensk and blitz-move into Kharkov - wouldn't that have encircled all of the German units pushing on toward Stalingrad?  Did they see it?

I guess we'll find out   

[John D.]

I like those sneaky moves 

John

[Micoom]

Allies Spring 1942

[Micoom]

Hah, no they didn't see it  They went for attacking the INF stack at Minsk, hoping it could not be redeployed later on the Mech army that is pushing for Stanlingrad, This wasn't a succes. The Germans retreated after one round and broke out the other side, one step closer to Kharkov.
On sea the Brits did sunk a U-boat, and the US navy sunk a Japanese SS.  Also four Australian infantry divisions had been send to Calcutta  (that lonely bunker at Karachi, is not in the game btw..) and the Dutch Destroyer out to protect the convoy route.

[John D.]

So far still looks like a good game. The Crimea looks like it is still in supply.

Looking forward to the rest of the game!

John

[Micoom]

Y're right! I will have it adjusted, the Crimea is still in supply indeed.

[Micoom]

Axis Summer 1942